Privacy Policy

Welcome to Shrinkboutique.com. Please read our Privacy Policy carefully. This Privacy Policy applies when you visit and surf the United States section of shrinkboutique.com  without purchasing any product, when you register with the site and when you use our services for purchasing products on the site. By using the site, you accept the practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not want to accept the practices described in this Privacy Policy, please do not use the US Site. Shrinkboutique.com is operated, under license, by Shrink Boutique LLC, an Ilinois limited liability company having an address at 922 N. Noble, Chicago, Illinois, 60622. Shrinkboutique.com is a subsidiary of Shrink Boutique, LLC. Processing of personal data of users and customers will be conducted in compliance with applicable US law.  Shrinkboutique.com is the controller of personal data of users and customers of the US Site. As the controller of personal data, Shrinkboutique.com independently determines the purposes and means by which your personal data is processed, including all security measures.  Shrinkboutique.com  independently ensures that personal data is processed in U.S. in a correct and lawful manner and in accordance with good practice.

1. OUR POLICY: Everyone has the right to the protection of his/her personal data. Shrinkboutique.com respects its users' right to be informed about the collection and processing of their personal data. In processing data that can personally identify you, directly or indirectly, we apply the principle of strict necessity. For this reason, the US Site has been designed in such a way that the use of your personal data will be minimal and will not exceed the original purpose for which your personal data was collected and/or processed. In particular, we do not disclose your identity when the purpose for which your personal data is being processed can be achieved by using anonymous aggregate information. This Privacy Policy is intended to provide you with all the information you need in order to understand our privacy practices. However, if you have any question regarding our privacy practices and this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@shrinkboutique.com . We do not sell products or services for purchase by children although we may sell children’s products or services for purchase by adults. If you are under 18, you may use the US Site only with the involvement of a parent or guardian.

2. WHO PROCESSES YOUR PERSONAL DATA: For organizational and operational purposes only, Shrinkboutique.com has appointed certain entities that will also process personal data of users and customers of the US Site. Such purposes are strictly connected to the performance of services provided on the US Site by Shrinkboutique.com, including the sale of products. The above-mentioned data processors have been chosen by Shrinkboutique.com because of their experience in processing personal data, their sufficient guarantees with respect to compliance with applicable laws and regulations.  In processing personal data of the users of the US Site, our processors will act only in accordance with instructions provided by Shrinkboutique.com. We regularly verify that our processors comply with our instructions and that they provide sufficient guarantees with respect to their compliance with applicable laws and regulations. The following is a list of the companies primarily involved in the processing of personal data of users and customers of the US Site: # United Parcel Service ("UPS) . We provide UPS, by electronic means, with customers' addresses and other personal data for the purpose of shipping, delivering and returning products purchased on the US Site.  We provide Shrinkboutique.com, by electronic means, with personal data contained in registration or order forms for purposes relevant to the maintenance of our servers; Platzer Media . We provide Platzer Media, by electronic means, with customers' contact information for purposes connected to call center and customer care services available to the users and customers of the US Site. We provide Shopping Cart. with customers' personal contact information for purposes relevant to the processing of purchase orders for products sold on the US Site. FEDEX Corporation,  We provide DSI with customers' personal contact information for purposes relevant to the processing of purchase orders for products sold on the US Site. Shrinkboutique.com. We provide Shrinkboutique with personal data of users and customers for purposes related to direct marketing services of Shrink Boutique LLC and in connection with other services provided by Shrinkboutique.com, such as call center and help desk services. Please contact us at info@shrinkboutique.com if you would like to receive a full list of our data processors.

3. HOW DO WE USE PERSONAL DATA AND FOR WHAT PURPOSES: Your personal data is collected and processed by Shrinkboutique.com for purposes which are strictly connected to the use of the US Site, its services and the purchase of products on the US Site. However, your personal data may also be used for other processing operations within the limits of such purposes. In particular, your personal data may be processed for the following purposes: when you register with the US Site we collect your personal data (for example, your personal information, user Id and password, e-mail address, gender, favorite designer) through the relevant registration in order to provide you with services in reserved access areas of the US Site and in order to send you our Shrink Letter, when specifically requested; # when you request Customer Care services, we collect your personal data (for example, your user Id and password) for purposes strictly necessary to provide you with customer care services relevant to the US Site and to the purchase of products on the US Site; # when you are executing purchasing procedures for products sold on the US Site, including conclusion of an agreement for the purchase of products, we collect your personal data (for example, personal information, e-mail address, address, credit card numbers, bank account number and telephone number) on your order form only for the purpose of selling the products ordered by you; # when you request technical assistance, we collect your personal data in order to provide you with information on net-surfing, Internet browsing or viewing and downloading web pages;  we process your personal data in order to customize our services for the purchase of products on the US Site;  including the US Site, we process your personal data (for example, your name, your image and your suggestions) only with your consent and as testimonial to the US Site. Your personal data is generally processed by electronic means; however, in certain circumstances, paper-based means may be used (for example, when the processing of your personal data is required for the prevention of fraud against us). Your personal data is stored in a way which allows Shrinkboutique.com to identify you for the period that is strictly necessary for the original purposes for which such personal data is collected and subsequently processed, all in accordance with applicable laws. Please report any changes to your personal data to info@shrinkboutique.com  in order to ensure that your personal data is always accurate and kept up-to-date. Your personal data will not be disclosed to third parties for purposes not permitted by law or without your explicit consent. Your personal data may only be disclosed to third parties when it is necessary to process an order placed by you. For example, your personal data is disclosed to PAYPAL. for the performance of electronic payment services, through credit/debit cards. Moreover, your personal data may be disclosed to the police or to judicial authorities, in compliance with applicable laws and regulations and upon a formal request by such authorities for the purposes of preventing a fraud against us (anti-fraud services). Data processors will also have access to your personal data, as stated in Section 2 of this Privacy Policy, for the specific purposes stated in that Section. In all the above circumstances, your consent for data processing will not be specifically requested. Shrinkboutique.com does not disclose your personal data to the public, unless it receives your approval and only in connection with the supply of services through the US Site (for example, in order to allow Shrinkboutique.com, upon your request, to post your photos and suggestions on the US Site as a testimonial. Your personal data will not be transferred to any countries outside the United States and Italy if such countries do not provide for an adequate level of protection of the privacy of individuals. Should the above be necessary in order to supply services to you or to execute contracts for the purchase of products between you and Shrinkboutique.com, the transfer of your personal data to any such countries will be carried out only after the execution of specific contracts between Shrinkboutique.com and all parties involved, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. We wish to inform you that Shrinkboutique.com processes its users' personal data for purposes that are strictly connected to the supply of services through the US Site, the execution of contracts related to the sale and purchase of products on the US Site and, after receiving your consent, in order to send you information on new commercial initiatives which are strictly related to the US Site's activities and services. Shrinkboutique.com processes your personal data for direct marketing purposes, including by e-mail, only after receiving your consent. Shrinkboutique.com may have access to third parties' personal data which is directly disclosed by its users to Shrinkboutique.com, for instance when the user buys a product to be sent to a friend, when the user who pays the purchase price for a product is different from the recipient of such product, or when a user wishes to recommend to a friend a service provided through the US Site or the sale of a particular product posted on the US Site. In all cases involving the disclosure of information of a third party, you must obtain the consent of such individuals before disclosing their personal data to Shrinkboutique.com and have informed said individuals about this Privacy Policy. You will be the only person liable in connection with the disclosure of information and data relevant to such third parties and with any other incompatible and unlawful use of such data if they have not provided you with their consent. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold Shrinkboutique.com and Shrinkboutique.com harmless from any liability, loss, claims and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising from or related to any unauthorized disclosure of personally identifiable information of third parties.

4. WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DO NOT DISCLOSE YOUR PERSONAL DATA TO: Shrinkboutique.com The personal data we request you provide to Shrinkboutique.com, including your e-mail address, your address, your credit/debit card numbers, bank account number and your telephone number, is necessary for the processing of your order for the purchase of products on the US Site, to supply other services provided on the US Site upon your request, or to carry out obligations arising out of applicable laws and regulations. Your refusal to provide certain personal data to Shrinkboutique.com may prevent Shrinkboutique.com from processing your order for the purchase of products sold on the US Site or from providing other services through the US Site, such as Customer Care services, sending the Shrinkboutique.com Letter, use of the Dream Box, sending a flower to a friend, recommending a product to a friend, or posting your photograph on the home page. Your failure to provide personal data to Shrinkboutique.com may justify Shrinkboutique.com's refusal to process your order for the purchase of products sold or to provide services through the US Site. The disclosure of personal data to Shrinkboutique.com other than that required in order to fulfill legal or contractual obligations or to provide the services requested by you is optional and does not have any effect on the use of the US Site and its services or on the purchase of products on the US Site (for example, the name of your favorite designer). We will inform you if the personal data we ask you to provide is necessary or optional by marking with an asterisk (*) the information that is necessary. Your Failure to disclose optional personal data will not pose any obligation or disadvantage to you.

5. TO WHOM YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL BE DISCLOSED: Your personal data may be disclosed to third parties who provide specific services as Data Processors on behalf of Shrinkboutique.com or who autonomously process personal data collected by Shrinkboutique.com in connection with the performance of a contract for the purchase of products on the US Site (for example, Prepayment, Inc.). Any such disclosure will be conducted, in each instance, without exceeding the original purposes for which your personal data was collected and subsequently processed. In addition, your personal data may be disclosed to third parties in order to (1) comply with applicable laws, (2) respond to governmental and judiciary inquiries, (3) comply with valid legal process, and (4) protect the rights or property of Shrinkboutique.com and Shrinkboutique.com. Any third party information disclosed to Shrinkboutique.com USA in accordance with this Privacy Policy will not be used for any purpose other than as required to technically operate the service, to complete a transaction, or as otherwise required by law. In the event there is a change in the corporate structure of Shrinkboutique.com including, without limitation, by merger, consolidation, sale, liquidation, or transfer of substantial assets, Shrinkboutique.com may, in its sole discretion, transfer, sell or assign personal data collected on and through the US Site, including, without limitation, personally identifiable information and aggregate information concerning users and customers, to one or more affiliated or unaffiliated third parties. In any event, your personal data will not be disclosed to third parties without you being informed or without your consent, when such consent is required by law.

6. HOW DO WE COLLECT YOUR DATA ON: Shrinkboutique.com When you are using the US Site, some personal data may be collected automatically through so-called "cookies". We use cookies to collect users' IP addresses and other information regarding users' data traffic or preferences in the choice of services provided and products purchased through the US Site. Certain information and data are collected directly and automatically by the US Site as part of its operational functions. Such information and data are then processed in a collective and anonymous way for commercial purposes in order to optimize the services provided through the US Site for the needs and preferences of our users. In other circumstances, Shrinkboutique.com directly collects personal data and information from its users when they register on-line with the US Site or when they send purchase orders for products sold on the US Site in order to finalize their transactions. Shrinkboutique.com collects personal data regarding individuals who are interested in employment opportunities with Shrinkboutique.com in a specific area of the US Site called Jobs. Through that area, users may provide their personal data to us for recruitment purposes. Shrinkboutique.com will process such data only for such purposes, according to applicable laws. Under no circumstances will Shrinkboutique.com disclose this personal data to third parties. Moreover, Shrinkboutique.com collects personal data in the PRESS ROOM area of the US Site in order to process requests for information from journalists and from media and press agencies and in order to send the Press Letter, upon a specific request and after registration with the US Site. Finally, Shrinkboutique.com collects personal data of third parties interested in starting business relationships with Shrinkboutique.com and only for such purpose.

7. SECURITY MEASURES: We have adopted security measures to protect personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure or access and against other unlawful forms of data processing, as provided in our Privacy Policy. Nevertheless, Shrinkboutique.com cannot guarantee that the security measures adopted for the protection of the US Site and the transmission of data and information through the US Site will prevent or exclude any risk of unauthorized access to or loss of data. It is advisable that your computer be equipped with software devices for the protection of network data transmission and receipt (such as, updated antivirus systems) and that your Internet service provider take appropriate measures for the security of network data transmission (such as, firewalls and anti-spam filtering).

8. COOKIES: Shrinkboutique.com USA uses automatic systems of data collection, such as cookies. A cookie is a device transmitted to the hard drive of an Internet user. While cookies do not contain intelligible information, they allow us to link an Internet user to personal information provided by such user through the US Site. Cookies are disseminated by our servers and no one may gain access to the information contained therein. Only Shrinkboutique.com USA processes information collected by cookies, in a collective and anonymous way, in order to optimize its services and the US Site for the needs and preferences of its users. We disseminate cookies in connection with functions such as browsing the catalogue, purchasing products on-line and supplying "Shrinkboutique.com" services. As you may know, each Internet browser allows the deletion of cookies after each session. Your Internet browser contains instructions on how to carry out these procedures of deletion. Please access the appropriate instructions section on your Internet browser if you wish to delete cookies. Your acceptance of our automatic procedures of collection of data and the use of cookies is necessary to take advantage of many features and services offered by the US Site, including the purchase of products. If you set your browser to block or delete cookies, we cannot guarantee that you will have access to all the features and services offered by the US Site (for example, your computer may not be able to display the image of the product you are in the process of purchasing).

9. OPT-IN/OPT OUT: Advertising material and direct marketing or other commercial communications which are not specifically requested by you or necessary to provide a service you requested, including the purchase of products on the US Site, will be sent to you only after we receive your consent. Please note that each time your consent is required, we will inform you in advance and we will give you the option to either provide or refuse your consent by selecting the appropriate box. Shrinkboutique.com may process your personal data without your consent when such processing is necessary to comply with applicable laws and regulations or to provide you with services you requested, including the purchase of products on the US Site. Even when your prior consent is not necessary, you may exercise, at any time, your right not to receive future communications regarding services you requested, such as the Shrinkboutique.com Letter.

10. YOUR RIGHT TO ACCESS PERSONAL DATA AND FURTHER RIGHTS: You are entitled to obtain, at any time, confirmation from Shrinkboutique.com USA as to whether or not data relating to you is being processed, even if not yet registered, and the communication of any such data in an intelligible form. Moreover, you are entitled to receive from Shrinkboutique.com USA information on the source from which we received your personal data; the purposes and means of processing your personal data; the logic involved in any electronic data processing; information regarding the data controller and the data processors and the names of subjects and categories of subjects to whom your personal data may be disclosed or who may access your personal data (for example, the names of data processors). You can also find the above information in our Privacy Policy. You are entitled to obtain at any time from Shrinkboutique.com USA: a) the updating, rectification or integration of your personal data; b) the deletion, transformation into anonymous form or blocking of your personal data, which is processed in violation of the law, including when the storage of data is not necessary for the purposes for which it has been collected and subsequently processed; c) the confirmation that the operations under letters a) and b) have been reported to whom the data was disclosed or disseminated, except when it becomes impossible to do so or if it means exceeding the protection of the right you are claiming. You are entitled to object, in all or in part: a) for legitimate reasons, to the processing of your personal data, even if it is related to the purposes for which it was collected; b) to the processing of your personal data for advertising or direct marketing purposes or in order to carry out marketing research or commercial communications. You may freely and at any time exercise your rights, provided that you do so in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, by sending your request to Shrinkboutique.com USA at shrinkboutique.com .

11. LINKS TO OTHER WEB SITES: The US Site may provide hyperlinks to third party websites (the &quotThird Party Websites"). Shrinkboutique.com USA and Shrinkboutique.com do not operate, control, endorse or guarantee any Third Party Websites. You agree that Shrinkboutique.com USA  are not responsible for any content, services and/or products provided by any Third Party Website, nor are Shrinkboutique.com USA responsible for any practice followed by such Third Party Website with respect to the collection and processing of personal data of their users. When you access any Third Party Website through a hyperlink posted on the US Site, please carefully read the Privacy Policy and other policies of such Third Party Website. Our Privacy Policy and other policies do not apply to any Third Party Website. Shrinkboutique.com USA provides hyperlinks to Third Party Websites only for the convenience of its users. By providing hyperlinks to Third Party Websites, Shrinkboutique.com USA does not recommend that its users access such Third Party Websites. YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF ANY THIRD PARTY WEBSITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND BY SHRINKBOUTIQUE.COM USA, EXPRESSED, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF TITLE, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY OR NONINFRINGEMENT. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES ARE SHRINKBOUTIQUE.COM USA LIABLE FOR DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND ANY THIRD PARTY WEBSITE OR FOR ANY INFORMATION APPEARING ON THIRD PARTY WEBSITES. 12. CONTACTS If you wish to receive further information regarding our privacy practices, please contact us by e-mail at info@shrinkboutique.com .  The processing of personal data by Shrinkboutique.com USA will be conducted in compliance with applicable US laws.  13. COMPANIES OF THE SHRINK BOUTIQUE LLC operates on the Internet and through Shrinkboutique.com.  Your personal data will not be disclosed to the above companies without your consent, except to SHRINK, which is the service provider of Shrinkboutique.com . These companies usually adopt their Privacy Policies when providing their services to their users and when selling their products on particular country sections of Shrinkboutique.com. Such Privacy Policies are consistent with the Privacy Policy of SHRINK. 14. MODIFICATION AND UPDATING SHRINKBOUTIQUE.COMmay amend or update from time to time all or any part of this Privacy Policy, whether or not required by a change in the applicable laws and regulation. Our users will be notified of any amendment to or update of our Privacy Policy on our homepage. All amendments and updates will become effective upon publication on this section of the US Site. You should regularly access this section of the US Site in order to review the most recent and updated version of our Privacy Policy.              Help us to improve navigation on SHRINKBOUTIQUE.COM!